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22 February 2012

NEW PRINT & PATTERN BOOK - call for entries

im pleased to announce that i am now working on a new print & pattern book - this time with a paticular theme : childrens design. "print & pattern kids" will be a celebration of beautiful design created with little people in mind. this could include patterns, wall art, fabrics, wallpaper, greetings cards, wrapping paper, bedding, clothing and placement prints, illustrations, in fact anything aimed at the kids/baby market. (much of which of course also appeals to adults!). if you would like a chance to be included in the book then you can submit your entries between now and march 15th. all you need to do is send me between 5 and 10 low res jpegs of the designs that you'd like to enter and if possible a link to your website. just email your images and website link to : printandpatternbook@hotmail.co.uk and if you are successful i'll be in touch.

if you have any questions or queries leave a comment below and i'll do my best to answer.

72 comments:

Hi, sounds great! I have couple of questions: what do you think about photos of products, with the permission of the company who has bought the patterns? Or should all images be of unsold patterns that have not been seen yet in public? Also, when is the book due out? Thanks.

hi leslie, for the initial selection stage low res jpegs are fine. then if the images are selected to go into the book we ask for either illustrator or photoshop files, 300dpi jepgs or 300dpi tiffs.ideally the image needs to be 300dpi when at the size of the book page (approx 240 x 170mm).

hi maria,not sure of the release date just yet. it depends on how quickly things works out.

yes product photos are great if they are nicely styled or on white backgrounds. and its ok if the product/pattern has already been sold but you must have permission from the client you sold it to. all designers selected will need to sign a legal form saying they have the right to allow us to put their work in the book.

hi alice, as long as the design is for children or babies then it will be considered. the book will be arranged by designer rather than by subject so it doesnt matter if the designer uses different mediums.

I am so v v happy to have the chance to submit some of my work to this book & hope to have the final options over to you in the next few days ! I am finding it hard to decide which send through! eeeek, too excited for words x b in touch x di x

Hello from France!We've sent an email to you with our creations, we hope you have received it!Our brand name is Georges & Rosalie (www.georgesetrosalie.com)We discovered your books that we find really pretty!See you soon.

This book sounds so exciting, I have your other two and love them to pieces. I am a final year textile design student at Leeds University and my final project is based around prints for children. Would you accept entries from students?

hi rosa - yes i was thinking the 15th at GMT time. but if you submit and it arrives on the 16th due to overseas times then thats ok. i just need to have a cut off point to actually make the final selection.

hi dufflecoat - i really havent been that strict about it as to do an exact actual cut off time. its just that i need to have a date on which to know that i now have all the entries in and can make the final selections. so i would say entries should be with me by the morning of march 16th (uk time) to stand the best chance. so to put an actual time on it - 10am(GMT) on the 16th march when i'll be checking through emails.

HelloI've just seen the comments above and like many people ( I imagine!)) I didn't realise that multiple images on one low res page would be ok. I very much limited what I sent to you on the 13th and wonder if you would frown on any further submission!? Quite understand if that is the case as I am sure you have 1000s of things to look at. I do hope my submissions were low res enough. Please let me know if not. Thank you

just to clarify - i dont really want multiple images. but justine complicated things and i didnt want to say no to her or to you. but to be honest i can tell from just 10 designs what an artists style is like. and if people include a web link then i can always look up more work if i need it.artists will only have room for around 4 designs on their spread anyway.

oops, sorry if I've thrown a spanner in the works, I didn't realise there would be after effects for others. I just needed to clarify what was acceptable as a design as I'm a total newcomer! Thanks Justine

Sorry to be a pain as I'm sure you have a tonne of emails to go through - I submitted some images last night but my web mail server has been going under maintenance so I'm not sure if it actually sent... I didn't want to re-send it and bombard you in case you did get it in the first place. If you could let me know if you got it and I'll re-send it if not.

HI Bowie Style – I sent an email applying for this competition on the 14th - however, I just realised that you ask for jpegs, and I sent a pdf. Is a pdf okay, or are you only accepting pdf applications?